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of the undefeated Washington uni
versity eleven and Herman Abraham
of the Oregon Aggies. When. Abra
ham's team played the Michigan Ag
gies he gave onejif the greatest ex
hibition of football "ever seen in the
middle west
Notre Dame, in middle west, has
a great halfback in Stanley CofalL
Many All-American selections are
made every year, but Camp's pick is
recognized as official. Camp is bound
to name Mahan of Harvard for full
back and Barrett of Cornell for quar
terback. Now, is he going to stick in
the east for the remainder of the out
fit, or is he going to recognize the
stars of the south, southwest, west
and northwest?
News from headquarters is to the
effect that everything is set for Fred
Fulton of Rochester, Minn., to meet
Jess Willard for the heavyweight
championship at New Orleans in
March.
When Willard steps into the ring
with Fulton he will meet the only
fighter in the business big enough to
reach him. Moran, Coffey, Gunboat
Smith and all the others are so much
shorter than Willard in reach he has
only to hold out his left fist and their
wallops miss their mark.
Also, Willard is so long of legs and
tall of body that the others would
have trouble getting to him with a
solid wallop. Jack Johnson was the
lankiest of the heavies until Willard
came along, and Willard was too big
for him.
Johnson had a wonderful uppercut,
as Tommy Burns, Jim Flynn, Frank
Moran and Jim Jeffries will testify,
but Willard was so tall the blow
wouldn't reach when Jack attempted
to defend his title against Jess.
Fulton's reach measures 8412,
inches or seven feet and one-half an
inch, jit's the longest reach in Fis
tiana. Willard's reach is 83y2 inches.
Willard is only two inches taller than
Fulton. The newcomer is just as
long in the legs, so in the matter of
size he is a match for the champion.
It is claimed Fulton has never been
hit hard. No wonder. He holds, 'em
off with the long left wing.
The title affair will be a fight be
tween the giants of the ring, with
Willard favorite. Jess has shown
class. Fulton has knocked out six
men in his short career, but they were
Jack Moran, Terry Keller, Art Pel
key, Jack Lewis, Tim Logan and An
dre Anderson.
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CHI. AUTO CLUB WANTS TO GET
RID OF THIS VISITOR
The Chicago Automobile club is
the unwilling hort to an unwelcome
guest. The guest Is a nine-foot py
thon which has escaped from some
South State street show. Since its
discovery by a perfectly sober .em
ploye of the club, who even got a
witness to back him up, the snake
has gone into seclusion. A snake
charmer, a saucer of milk and a fresh
killed rat haven't even made him stir.
A long time ago J. T. Brown, pres
ident of the club, read a story on how
a little animal called the mongoose
kills snakes in India. So Brown is
after a mongoose. He may even send
to India to get one. It will be three
months before the snake hunter ar
rives in Chicago.
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"MILLIONAIRE HOBO" BALLS OUT
MUNICIPAL WOODPILE
James Eads How, "millionaire
hobo," denounced Chicago's new mu
nicipal woodpile yesterday before the
Christian Socialist Fellowship league.
He called it the beginning of a na
tionwide movement to oppress the
unemployed.
"Eighty-five per cent of those who
apply at municipal lodging houses for
shelter are recruited from the ranks
of the men who do the hard work of
the world," he said. "To offer them
a work test is an absurdity which
they rightfully resent."
Jeff Davis, "King of the Hoboes,"
announced that arrangements have
been completed for the opening of' a-j
new "Hotel De Gink," 21 N. Morgan,'
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